Remember that "big announcement" former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia was teasing for April 14? Well he revealed all on his Twitter account and while some were surely hoping Dana White had changed his mind about bringing "The Maine-iac" back to the UFC, that's simply not the case.

Instead, it was just as my colleague Jesse Holland said it would be: a simple fight announcement on a regional show later this year.

Indeed, Sylvia announced at the Fight Night 2 event in Biddeford, Maine, that he will be returning to action on June 16 in Lewiston, Maine, against an opponent to be announced later.

That doesn't mean Timmah is giving up his dream of making a return trip to the Octagon one day. In fact, when he's not outright begging to be let back in or retweeting fans pleading to the powers that be, Sylvia was telling The Hammerfisting Podcast that he would go through The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) house to earn his spot.

This begging is kind of getting sad. He would do TUF if he had to? The odds of Dana letting the former UFC heavyweight champ to do a reality show for up and comers would be ridiculous. Sorry Tim as cool as it would be to see you back, you've had you're chance.

This begging is kind of getting sad. He would do TUF if he had to? The odds of Dana letting the former UFC heavyweight champ to do a reality show for up and comers would be ridiculous. Sorry Tim as cool as it would be to see you back, you've had you're chance.

I think Dana said that the only way he would let Tim in the UFC is ifn he went through TUF

Whatever HW's that don't make the cut from the SF roster could be given the opportunity to go though the TUF process. Add Tim and a few other random HW's and it could be a decent season. Not realistic probably, but there are very limited ways to make a competitive HW season.